New PhD Program at Rutgers Camden

The Rutgers Camden campus will be offering bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in Childhood Studies beginning in the fall semester of 2007. This will be the first doctoral program for the campus, although two more, in public affiars and computational science, are planned. According to the Feb. 20th Rutgers Focus:

The childhood studies program will prepare policy leaders with new persepctives in child-related social practice and scholars capable of innovative research in this interdisciplinary field. The program will provide advaned theoretical and methodoligical study of children and childhood within state, national, and global contexts.

The Center for Children and Childhood Studies, established on campus in 2000, will be the vehicle for research and outreach activities to provide a direct positive impact in the Camden community.